{"id":18308,"date":"2021-09-30T20:35:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T00:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=18308"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:55:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:55:37","slug":"loud-and-clear-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/18308","title":{"rendered":"Loud and Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loud and Clear<\/a><\/em> (2016) Aidan Wayne<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Loud<\/a>Jaxon is a cab drive–and a good one, despite the fact he can’t read. <\/p>\n

He turned on the light in his car and squinted. Those were letters, all right. Probably there was even a sentence. Caleb had written something on the receipt. Huh. Curious, Jaxon bent over the words, trying to sound them out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For several months he has a regular Tuesday night pickup, a gentleman who is clearly successful at what he does, but never speaks a word to Jaxon. <\/p>\n

Caleb has a sever stutter, and unless he has his talk prepared and practiced, he prefers to us writing or ASL to communicate. And he really can’t talk at all when he’s drunk.<\/p>\n

I utterly love this story.<\/p>\n

It’s not just two people who are seemingly incompatible falling for each other, it’s the stark contract between what each was able to achieve despite their disabilities, because of their backgrounds.<\/p>\n

(Caleb) also knew he was a privileged bastard who\u2019d gotten good grades without much trouble, who\u2019d gotten into great schools as a result, who worked hard, yeah, but who\u2019d also had the method and means to get to where he wanted to be.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Caleb fought the urge to clench a fist. Jaxon always acted like he\u2019d done something wrong when he didn\u2019t know a sign, like he was stupid for not learning an entire language in a weekend. Caleb really wanted to find Jaxon\u2019s old teachers and punch them all in the face.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s just a lovely short story.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Riptide Publishing
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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